Conveyer.



No. 727,127. PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

' R. H.'GRAY- GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. 19oz. RENEWED APR, 9, 1903.

NO- MODEL.

Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT I l. GRAY, OF LEXINGTON,.KENT-UOKY,

CO NVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 27,127, dated May 5,1903. Application filed March 8, 1902. Renewed April 9, 1903 Serial No.151,923- (No modem To all whom, it ntay concern:

fication.

The present invention relates to conveyors,

and while particularly intended for that class of pumps employing anendless chain with a' plurality of buckets thereon it will be evidentthat it may be used in many other relations.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a conveyer of thischaracter in which the buckets or receptacles are so constructed 1 thatthey can be located close together with-:

out interfering with each other, thereby forming a conveyor that willtransport a comparatively large amount of material and in case of use ina well will carry enough air into the water to keep it inthoroughly-aerated condition.

Another important object is to improve the links and the means forattaching the buckets or receptacles thereto, so that the structure isgreatly simplified, but at the same time is strong and not liable tobecome deranged, all of which will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying-sheet of drawings the preferred embodiment of theinvention is clearly illustrated, and the construction and operationthereof are fully described in the following specification.

It will of course be understood that such changes and modifications maybe made from the construction set forth as fall Within the scope of theclaimsheretoappended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the upper portionof.a well-known form of water-elevatofls'h owing the improved conveyorapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, ofone of the links and buckets of said conveyer. Fig. 3

is a vertical sectional view through the same.

the chain or belt is made up of' the plurality of links 10, pivotallyconnected by loopsll. On the side of each link there issecured areceptacle or bucket 12, this receptacle'being in the form of, aninverted cone, preferably made of asingle piece of sheet metal andhaving theinset portion 13 at the upper-end of the'rear wall to permitof the necessary play of the contiguous loop 11 and'the entrance of thetooth of the sprocket-wall therein; As will be seen by reference to Fig.1, the closed end or apex of each receptacle is-locatedwithin the openend of the one. adjacent thereto, and because of these'closed ends beingcontracted they will have sufficient play in the adjacent open ends,while at the same time they-will not interferewith the discharge of thewater. By this construction it will be seen that the buckets are lo-"cated close together, so that a comparatively large number can beplaced upon the belt or chain, and a correspondingly large amount ofWater. will be carried thereby.

Referring now to Figs. 2, 3,-and 4, it will be seen that the links 10comprise sheet-metal plates, the opposite ends of which are doubled, asat-14, thereby forming eyes 15, in which the loops 11 are pivotallymounted. The receptacles or cups are locatedupon one side of the platesand are'secured thereto by the attachingdevices, (designated as a Wholeby the reference-numeral lii.) These attaching-devices are each intheform of a wire, one portion of'which,as'17 is looped about thecontracted end and passes through the adjacent doubled end 14: of theplate. From this point the twoportions of the wire extendlongitudinallyof the plate to the opposite doubled end,through whichthey pass, the terminals extending through the adjacent portion of thereceptacle and being bent downwardly, as shown at 18. It will thereforebe seen that this fastening device not only serves as means forattaching the bucket as strong and durable, if not more so, than 'theconstruction ordinarily employed.

be readily apparent to those skilled in the art without furtherdescription, and itwill be understood thatvarious changes in the form,proportion, and minor details of construct-ion may be resort-ed toWithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a conveyer-ot the class described, a link having a doubled endconstituting an eye, a receptacle, and a fastening device for attachingthe receptacle to the link, said fastening device passing through thedoubled end and constituting holding means therefor.

2. In a conveyer of the class described, a link having its opposite endsdoubled, forming terminal eyes, a loop pivoted in each eye, a receptaclelocated upon one side of the link, and a fastening device for securingthe receptacle to the link, said device passing through the doubled endsof the link and engaging the receptacle contiguous to its opposite ends.

3. In a convcyer of the class described, a

link-plate, a receptacle located upon one side of the plate and havingan open end and a contracted closed end, and a fastening device loopedabout the closed end and passing through the plate, the terminals ofsaid fastening device being secured to the open end of the receptacle.

4. In a conveyer of the class described, a link-plate having itsopposite ends doubled, forming terminal eyes, loops pivoted in each eye,a cortical receptacle made of one piece of sheet metal and located uponone side of the link-plate, and a fastening device for securing thereceptacle to the plate,'the same comprising a wire looped about theclosed end of the receptacle and passing through one doubled end of theplate, said wire extending longitudinally of the plate, passing throughthe other doubled end, and having its terminals secured to the adjacentportion of the receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT H. GRAY.

\Vitnesses:

.1110. J. MCKENNA, JOHN MoELRoY.

